GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 5090 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 5090
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Blackwell 2.0
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
GB202
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
2025 (recently)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
2520 MHz
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
0 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
20480
Power consumption (TDP)
220 Watt
500 Watt
Texture fill rate
317.4
1,613
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
28 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
280.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
9.1
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3